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Health Care Cost and Access Challenges Persist

Initial Findings from HSC's 2007 Site Visits

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Conference Agenda

Date and Time:	Oct. 4, 2007 8:30 a.m. - noon. Registration and continental breakfast at 8:00 a.m.
Location:	Grand Hyatt 1000 H Street, NW Washington, DC (Directions)
Who:	Attendees from government, academia and the health care industry.
Cost:	There is no cost for this, or any, HSC conference.

Panel One: Physicians and Hospital Trends

Topics will include hospital-physician relations and competition; hospital competitive strategies and service-line competition; and provider-health plan relations.

Moderator: Debbie Draper, Ph.D., HSC Director of Site Visits

Research Presentation: Hoangmai Pham, M.D., M.P.H., HSC Senior Health Researcher

Panelists:

Robert Berenson, M.D., the Urban Institute and Senior Consulting HSC Researcher
Carmela Coyle, Senior Vice President for Policy, American Hospital Association
Don Fisher, Ph.D., President and CEO, American Medical Group Association

Panel Two: Employer and Health Plan Trends

Topics will include health plan consolidation; consumer-directed health plans; prevention and wellness initiatives; and care management innovations.

Moderator: Paul Ginsburg, Ph.D., HSC President

Research Presentation: Jon Christianson, Ph.D., University of Minnesota and Senior Consulting HSC Researcher

Panelists:

Karen Ignagni, M.B.A., President and CEO, America's Health Insurance Plans
Helen Darling, President, National Business Group on Health
Debbie Draper, Ph.D., HSC Director of Site Visits

Panel Three:

Topics will include increasing pressure on safety net providers; rising numbers of uninsured people; access to specialty care; public hospital strategies; and community health center developments.

Moderator: Debbie Draper, Ph.D., HSC Director of Site Visit

Research Presentation: Robert Hurley, Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth Univeristy and Senior Consultin HSC Researcher

Panelists:

Larry Gage, J.D., President, National Association of Public Hospitals
Daniel Hawkins, Senior Vice President, National Association of Community Health Centers
Laurie Felland, M.S., HSC Health Researcher


	Health Care Cost and Access Challenges Persist: Initial Findings from HSC's 2007 Site Visits Conference Transcript

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